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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / April 2008Word 2007 data source file types
When saving a new data source, the only option is .mdb, which other users, not on 2007, don't seem to be able to open. How can I force Word 2007 to save it's data source as something other than .mdb? thanks! Matt I've not found a direct way to do it when initially creating a new data source. What works... however, is to go ahead and create the .mdb file. Then, open that file with Excel and save it in Excel 97-2003 format, which others should be able to use (I confirmed here that the resulting file can be used for a Word 2003 mail merge data source).  SignatureHerb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com > When saving a new data source, the only option is .mdb, which other users, > not on 2007, don't seem to be able to open. How can I force Word 2007 to > save it's data source as something other than .mdb? > thanks! > Matt You do not have to use the mail merge facility to create the data source. See the article "Creating a Mail Merge Data Source" at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/CreateADataSource.htm SignatureHope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP > When saving a new data source, the only option is .mdb, which other users, > not on 2007, don't seem to be able to open. How can I force Word 2007 to > save it's data source as something other than .mdb? > thanks! > Matt
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